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Lowry in the Top 20 after first round of Mexico Championship https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/sport/365747/lowry-in-the-top-20-after-first-round-of-mexico-championship.html
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Shane Lowry is in contention yet again after the first round of the high-profile World Golf Championships event in Mexico. The Clara man is inside the Top 20 after shooting a one-under-par round of 70 in Mexico City, leaving him seven shots of the lead held by Rory McIlroy. Lowry started on the bac

Offaly man Peter Dooley has been named on the bench for Leinster's upcoming Pro14 match with Southern Kings at the weekend. Birr man and prop Dooley will start from the bench for the much-changed Leinster side that will be captained by Ross Molony on Friday night at 7.55pm. There is plenty of exper

Offaly boxing star Grainne Walsh is set to feature on TG4 as the Irish-language broadcaster confirmed its extensive coverage of the IABA Irish National Senior Elite Boxing Finals from the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, February 23. Tullamore's Grainne Walsh is in final action in the 69kg we

Offaly man Michael Milne is once again among the replacements on the Ireland U20s squad ahead of their Six Nations clash with Italy on Friday night, February 22. Head Coach Noel McNamara has confirmed the Ireland U20 side, sponsored by PwC, to face Italy in Rieti on foot of consecutive wins for the

Clonbullogue karting star Alex Dunne had another very positive weekend as he builds towards his second season in the European Karting Championship. Having shown excellent pace throughout the event the teenager left the track with renewed confidence, despite failing to finish the final, where he was

And then there were two... After almost a month of voting, 16 contenders and three rounds of voting, two of Offaly's greatest sporting heroes have emerged as the finalists for the Offaly All Time Greats series. The Offaly Express formed a 16-person list of contenders for the crown of the county's gr

Silver Jump for Jordan Congratulations to Jordan Hoang who took a silver medal at the Irish Life National Senior Indoor Track & Field Championships held in Abbotstown on Saturday, February 16. Jordan’s triple jump of 14.18 was second to Queens University athlete Mark Burton who took the gold with 14

Hynes School Of Motoring Minor Camogie St.Rynaghs 1-9 Shinrone 1-5 St.Rynaghs booked their Hynes School Of Motoring Minor final place following a four-point win over Shinrone in Dr. Kelly’s field, Tullamore last Saturday afternoon. Kate Kenny was the key player for St.Rynaghs as the camogie player o

Offaly have suffered their third successive defeat in this year's Allianz Hurling League after going down by four points to Laois in O'Moore Park and are now firmly rooted to the foot of the Division 1B table. Laois 3-17 Offaly 2-16 Offaly led after 13 minutes but an incredible scoring blitz from La

A set of model Offaly brothers are set to give their first live TV interview this weekend. Birr hurling brothers, Oisin and Ronan Murphy will talk to Ray about hurling, appearing in Vogue magazine and walking the catwalks in Milan and Paris. Oisin hit headlines last summer when he featured in the Au

Offaly man Peter Dooley has been named on the bench for Leinster's upcoming Pro14 match with Zebre at the weekend. Birr man and prop Dooley will start from the bench for the much-changed Leinster side that will be captained by Scott Fardy. Young Jack Dunne is also likely to make his debut for the pr

The draws were made this evening for this year's Offaly football championships and for the first round games in the hurling championships. The draws are as follows. Tullamore Court Hotel Senior Football Championship - Teams will play cris-cross Group 1: Ferbane, Tullamore, Edenderry, Shamrocks Grou

Offaly's 1982 All-Ireland hero Seamus Darby is set to feature in a dedicated episode of the definitive GAA sports series, TG4's Laochra Gael. The show is returning this spring for a 17th series and it follows last year’s new hour-long format, bringing each player’s personal stories to screen. The se

]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:06:00 GMTOffaly newsOffaly GAA club to take part in Gaelic4Teens programmehttps://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaelic-games/363606/offaly-gaa-club-to-take-part-in-gaelic4teens-programme.html
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The Ladies Gaelic Football Association has confirmed the 17 clubs, including Offaly's Edenderry GAA, have been selected to take part in the Gaelic4Teens programme over the coming months. Following a hugely successful pilot in 2017, Gaelic4Teens almost doubled in size last year, and the number of par

Offaly golfer Shane Lowry has been named the Hilton European Tour Golfer of the Month for January following his first tournament win for 1,259 days. The numbers behind @ShaneLowryGolf's award-winning month. pic.twitter.com/FolovRpzzK — The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) February 11, 2019 The Clara ma

A former Edenderry student has successfully completed her 6th Ice Mile Challenge, a gruelling new sport that sees swimmers take on freezing waters of 2.5°c. Ice Swimming is an extreme and dangerous sport but former St. Mary's Secondary School Edenderry student Claire Ryan has just completed an unpre

Leinster Juvenile Indoor Athletics Championships A huge contingent of young Tullamore Harriers athletes travelled to Athlone IT on Saturday and Sunday, February 9 and 10, for the Leinster Indoors. There were some brilliant performances and all seemed to enjoy the two days of competition. In the midd

European boxing silver medalist Sinainn Glynn has been presented with her Offaly Sports Stat of the Year award for 2018 by title sponsor Guy Clothing. Thousands of votes were cast over the period of a week following the turn of year, and when lines closed, Cloghan's Sinainn Glynn came out on top wit

Mega Blitz Tullamore Basketball Clubs U10 Girls Academy represented the club in a mega blitz at the weekend. The event was hosted by the Kilkenny Stars BC at the Watershed in Kilkenny. Teams from Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Laois played alongside our own club in what turned out to be